title: Differential regulation of uncoupling protein-2 and uncoupling protein-3 gene expression in brown adipose tissue during development and cold exposure.
abstract: The expression of the two novel uncoupling proteins genes, UCP2 and UCP3, is differentially regulated during prenatal maturation of brown adipose tissue in the mouse. UCP2 gene is expressed early in prenatal development, when neither UCP1 nor UCP3 gene expression yet occurs. UCP3 mRNA is absent at any stage of fetal life; it appears suddenly at birth and reaches adult levels in a few hours. UCP2 mRNA increased after birth but more slowly than UCP3 and UCP1 mRNA. Short-time exposure of adult mice to cold caused a rise in UCP2 or UCP1 mRNA levels but not in that of UCP3. The postnatal rise in UCP2 gene expression appears to be a response to the thermic stress associated with birth, similarly to UCP1, whereas different biological signals may be responsible for the surge in UCP3 gene expression at birth.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valmaseda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Viñas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mampel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giralt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villarroya
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D007473:Ion Channels; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C000604372:Ucp1 protein, mouse; C000604390:Ucp2 protein, mouse; C000604393:Ucp3 protein, mouse; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3